Carisbrooke Castle. Can Love Survive History?
Princess Elizabeth entered Carisbrooke Castle as a royal prisoner and died there only weeks later. Her remarkable final letter transforms a forgotten Civil War tragedy into a timeless question.
Chale. Shipwreck, Smuggling & the Mystery of Miss Gourlay
Do communities create ghost stories to preserve memories of danger?
The Missing Church of Brading
Did war, conquest and religious change erase one of the Isle of Wight's oldest churches?
Longstone, Mottistone. Druid Stone, Ship to the Stars or Cosmic Clock?
Seen in isolation, the oldest human-made structure on the Isle of Wight, Mottistone's Longstone is an unsolvable mystery. Viewed in a landscape context, it becomes part of a giant timepiece.
St. Helens. Did a Roman Emperor Live on the Isle of Wight?
Tall tales of ghosts and legends accrue like mist to this old church tower in St. Helens. A whopper of an untold story features an A-List celebrity Roman resident.
The Belgae. The Island's Oldest Mystery?
Across the Isle of Wight stand abandoned churches, ruined abbeys, forgotten manor houses and folklore of vanished settlements. Yet one corner of the Island seems never to have been forgotten, except its name.
Godshill. The Hill That Haunted a Village
Why does one small hill in the centre of the Isle of Wight seem to have attracted faith for thousands of years?